Valencia will be the first European port in which they will be used average of handling fed from hydrogen A batteries

Valencia Terminals will be employed near terminals Valencia Terminal Europa and MSC

The Harbour Authority of Valencia has announced that the Spanish port administered from the agency will be the first European port of call harbour in which they will be used average of handling fed from hydrogen A batteries. The innovation will be introduced in the within of the project H2Ports pilot who previews the employment of a harbour tractor for handling of rotabili and of reach stacker for handling of containers both equipping of hydrogen A batteries that will be used near the Valencia Terminal Europa terminal of the Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi and near the container terminal MSC Valencia Terminal of the shipowning group Helvetic Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).

The H2Ports project, that it previews a million investment four euro, involves, besides the Harbour Authority of Venice, the agencies Fundación Valenciaport and Centro Nacional of the Hidrógeno and companies MSC Valencia Terminal, Grimaldi Group, Hyster-Yale, Athena, Ballard Power Systems Europa and ENAGAS. The project is financed by the public-private partnership Fuel Cells and Joint Hydrogen Undertaking (FCHJU) that it promotes the hydrogen as alternative fuel to lowlands emissions.